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Fine Clocks

11 December 2013 | starting at 14:00 GMT

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A fine and rare late 17th century ebony veneered, quarter repeating table clock Thomas Tompion, London, number 171. Sold for £194,500 inc. premium

A rare and fine mid 19th century engraved quarter striking giant carriage clock with the original brass bound mahogany case James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, number 2927. Sold for £76,900 inc. premium

A rare late 17th century ebony table clock Henry Jones, London. Sold for £58,750 inc. premium

A 17th century and later olive wood table clock with pull quarter repeat John Ebsworth, London. Sold for £35,000 inc. premium

A fine and rare mid 19th century tripod timepiece compendium Attributed to Thomas Cole for Smith & Sons of Clerkenwell. Sold for £23,750 inc. premium

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1 — A late 19th century French champlevé enamel carriage clock Possibly Brunelot

2 — An early 20th century French champlevé enamel Chinese market carriage clock Anonymous

3 — A good late 19th century French champlevé carriage clock and stand Attributed to Couaillet

4* — A mid 19th century French gilt brass carriage clock Retailed by Dent, Paris

5 — A fine late 19th century French brass Caryatid-style carriage clock in case Folkard & Son, Brighton, 22923

6 — A late 19th century French gilt brass carriage clock Retailed by Charles Frodsham, Paris

7 — A mid 19th century Swiss gilt brass grande sonnerie carriage clock P. Girard for Payne & Co, 163 New Bond Street, London

8 — A mid 19th century Swiss grande sonnerie carriage clock with alarm

9W — A late 18th century ebonised bracket clock William Skeggs, London

10* — A good mid 18th century quarter chiming table clock William Webster, Exchange Alley, London

11* — A late 18th century French gilt and patinated 'pendule au bon sauvage, L'Afrique' mantel clock After a model by Deverbery, the dial signed Tavernier

12 — A fine and rare early 19th century French gilt and patinated bronze mantel clock in the form of an oil lamp

13* — An early 19th century French great wheel skeleton timepiece with calendar

14 — A mid 19th century skeleton timepiece of small size Thomas Middlemass, Edinburgh

15 — An unusual second quarter of the 19th century skeleton clock James Murray, London

16 — A rare 19th century fifth series, two-handed square dial mystery clock Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin

17 — A late 19th century French champlevé enamel miniature timepiece

18Y — A late 19th century French tortoiseshell miniature carriage timepiece Drocourt, number 18609

19 — A late 19th century French brass carriage clock of small size Drocourt, number 9891

20 — A good late 19th century French porcelain mounted and engraved brass miniature carriage timepiece Drocourt, number 12427

21 — A fine and rare late 19th century French porcelain panelled repeating carriage clock set with five jewelled porcelain panels in a gorge case Brunelot

22 — An early 19th century quarter chiming inlaid mahogany bracket clock Grimalde and Johnson, Strand, London

23 — A good third quarter of the 18th century mahogany table clock with enamel dial Edward Tutet, London

24 — A good late 18th century ebonised triple pad table clock of small size Martin, Royal Exchange

25* — A third quarter of the 18th century mahogany table clock Samuel Whichcote, London

26 — A mid 18th century ebonised table timepiece with pull quarter repeat John Seddon, St James's

27W — A late 18th century table clock with later green lacquer decoration James Smith, London

28* — A fine early 19th century French gilt and patinated bronze and marble mantel clock Vaillant a Paris, the movement numbered 627

29W — A good mid 18th century French ormolu mantel clock Duterte a Paris

30 — An early 20th century gilt brass enamel decorated French four glass mantel clock The movement by Japy Freres

31Y — A late 19th century rosewood two day marine chronometer F.M. Moore, Belfast and Dublin, No 2408

32 — A late 19th century two day marine chronometer John Poole, 57 Fenchurch Street, London, number 4562

33Y — A third quarter of the 19th century rosewood eight day chronometer Parkinson and Frodsham, Change Alley, London, number 4116

34Y — A late 19th century mahogany two day Marine chronometer J and H Jump 93 Mount Street, London, No 4486

35 — A rare early 19th century one day marine chronometer with standing barrel and pivoted detent John Roger Arnold, London Invt. et Fecit, No 410. Later balance and balance spring by Edward Dent

36Y — An early 18th century French brass inlaid tortoiseshell bracket timepiece of small size Masson, Paris

37Y — A late 17th century French tortoiseshell Dutch striking tête de poupé table clock Gosselin, Paris

38W,Y — A late 17th century red tortoiseshell boullework religieuse Daniel Clavier, Paris

39W,Y — A large late 19th century French red tortoiseshell boulle clock

40W — A late 19th century French brass inlaid and ebony veneered mantel clock Ferdinand Berthoud, Paris

41W — A rare mid 18th century Swiss pull quarter repeat mulberry veneered table clock Josué Robert, Chaux de Fonds, number 315

42W — A late 18th century red lacquered quarter chiming musical clock for the Turkish market Daniel De St Leu, Watchmaker to her Majesty, London

43W — A rare late 18th century ebonised grande sonnerie four tune musical clock John Drury, London

44W — A late 18th century mahogany musical table clock with automata Robert Ward, Abchurch Lane, London

45W — A rare late 18th century twelve tune musical clock in an adapted case Eardley Norton, London, number 1861

46W — A scarce late 18th century German white lacquer organ clock Probably Jaquet-Droz for Michel Henggeller, Munich

47W — A late 18th century ebonised musical table clock Robert Philp, London

48W — An early 19th century French marble portico clock Greberts, Paris

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1 —
A late 19th century French champlevé enamel carriage clock
Possibly Brunelot

2 —
An early 20th century French champlevé enamel Chinese market carriage clock
Anonymous

3 —
A good late 19th century French champlevé carriage clock and stand
Attributed to Couaillet

4^* —
A mid 19th century French gilt brass carriage clock
Retailed by Dent, Paris

5 —
A fine late 19th century French brass Caryatid-style carriage clock in case
Folkard & Son, Brighton, 22923

6 —
A late 19th century French gilt brass carriage clock
Retailed by Charles Frodsham, Paris

7 —
A mid 19th century Swiss gilt brass grande sonnerie carriage clock
P. Girard for Payne & Co, 163 New Bond Street, London

8 —
A mid 19th century Swiss grande sonnerie carriage clock with alarm

9^W —
A late 18th century ebonised bracket clock
William Skeggs, London

10^* —
A good mid 18th century quarter chiming table clock
William Webster, Exchange Alley, London

11^* —
A late 18th century French gilt and patinated 'pendule au bon sauvage, L'Afrique' mantel clock
After a model by Deverbery, the dial signed Tavernier

12 —
A fine and rare early 19th century French gilt and patinated bronze mantel clock in the form of an oil lamp

13^* —
An early 19th century French great wheel skeleton timepiece with calendar

14 —
A mid 19th century skeleton timepiece of small size
Thomas Middlemass, Edinburgh

15 —
An unusual second quarter of the 19th century skeleton clock
James Murray, London

16 —
A rare 19th century fifth series, two-handed square dial mystery clock
Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin

17 —
A late 19th century French champlevé enamel miniature timepiece

18^Y —
A late 19th century French tortoiseshell miniature carriage timepiece
Drocourt, number 18609

19 —
A late 19th century French brass carriage clock of small size
Drocourt, number 9891

20 —
A good late 19th century French porcelain mounted and engraved brass miniature carriage timepiece
Drocourt, number 12427

21 —
A fine and rare late 19th century French porcelain panelled repeating carriage clock set with five jewelled porcelain panels in a gorge case
Brunelot

22 —
An early 19th century quarter chiming inlaid mahogany bracket clock
Grimalde and Johnson, Strand, London

23 —
A good third quarter of the 18th century mahogany table clock with enamel dial
Edward Tutet, London

24 —
A good late 18th century ebonised triple pad table clock of small size
Martin, Royal Exchange

25^* —
A third quarter of the 18th century mahogany table clock
Samuel Whichcote, London

26 —
A mid 18th century ebonised table timepiece with pull quarter repeat
John Seddon, St James's

27^W —
A late 18th century table clock with later green lacquer decoration
James Smith, London

28^* — A fine early 19th century French gilt and patinated bronze and marble mantel clock Vaillant a Paris, the movement numbered 627

29^W —
A good mid 18th century French ormolu mantel clock
Duterte a Paris

30 —
An early 20th century gilt brass enamel decorated French four glass mantel clock
The movement by Japy Freres

31^Y —
A late 19th century rosewood two day marine chronometer
F.M. Moore, Belfast and Dublin, No 2408

32 —
A late 19th century two day marine chronometer
John Poole, 57 Fenchurch Street, London, number 4562

33^Y —
A third quarter of the 19th century rosewood eight day chronometer
Parkinson and Frodsham, Change Alley, London, number 4116

34^Y —
A late 19th century mahogany two day Marine chronometer
J and H Jump 93 Mount Street, London, No 4486

35 —
A rare early 19th century one day marine chronometer with standing barrel and pivoted detent
John Roger Arnold, London Invt. et Fecit, No 410. Later balance and balance spring by Edward Dent

36^Y —
An early 18th century French brass inlaid tortoiseshell bracket timepiece of small size
Masson, Paris

37^Y —
A late 17th century French tortoiseshell Dutch striking tête de poupé table clock
Gosselin, Paris

38^W,Y —
A late 17th century red tortoiseshell boullework religieuse
Daniel Clavier, Paris

39^W,Y —
A large late 19th century French red tortoiseshell boulle clock

40^W —
A late 19th century French brass inlaid and ebony veneered mantel clock
Ferdinand Berthoud, Paris

41^W —
A rare mid 18th century Swiss pull quarter repeat mulberry veneered table clock
Josué Robert, Chaux de Fonds, number 315

42^W —
A late 18th century red lacquered quarter chiming musical clock for the Turkish market
Daniel De St Leu, Watchmaker to her Majesty, London

43^W —
A rare late 18th century ebonised grande sonnerie four tune musical clock
John Drury, London

44^W —
A late 18th century mahogany musical table clock with automata
Robert Ward, Abchurch Lane, London

45^W —
A rare late 18th century twelve tune musical clock in an adapted case
Eardley Norton, London, number 1861

46^W —
A scarce late 18th century German white lacquer organ clock
Probably Jaquet-Droz for Michel Henggeller, Munich

47^W —
A late 18th century ebonised musical table clock
Robert Philp, London

48^W —
An early 19th century French marble portico clock
Greberts, Paris